Honestly one of the reasons I think I'm getting away from Surface. Network speeds are terrible wired or not. Network over Usb3 is just as bad.
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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Announced (12", 3:2 aspect ratio, new stand)
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Honestly one of the reasons I think I'm getting away from Surface. Network speeds are terrible wired or not. Network over Usb3 is just as bad.
I mean I can understand the Surface RT being shit because it was shit for the most part, but my Surface Pro has never run into network troubles, I use it incessantly. My dad's Surface 2 did have some issues on the 5 ghz band so I dropped it to our 2.4ghz network and now it's fine.That depends on what your definition of terrible is?
My SP1 over USB3 ethernet easily hits my 150Mb download speed and when transferring fo/from my NAS, it is only limited by the NAS.
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I hadn't noticed it until I was dicking around in powershell. saw 'link speed 11Mbps' dropping sometimes to 5. put the router to wireless N only to check, it still connects..... at 11Mbps.
shits offensive when my home internet connection is 120Mb.
found a thing on reddit to 'fix' it but it doesn't work for me.
this is what I found on reddit to improve speed. I think this is for a surface pro 2 but the options etc are there in the original as well.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/1vybd8/found_a_fix_to_slow_sp2_wifi_link_speed/
open powershell as admin, type
Code:
get-netadapter -physicalwhat does it say for linkspeed?
SP3 competitor?
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/02/asus-transformer-book-t300-chi/
But it's probably using Y series processors without venting and unlikely to have a stylus.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/02/asus-transformer-book-t300-chi/
But it's probably using Y series processors without venting and unlikely to have a stylus.
As long as the other companies (Dell, Asus, Lenovo) keep having huge-ass keyboard attachments, it'll never be a competitor in my book. I can understand it somewhat, if they come with extra harddrive, and battery in the keyboard attachment, but some are just huge bricks that only do keyboard functions...
Shogmaster
Member
No pen, no deal.
maximum360
Member
Hopefully MS releases a hard keyboard option in the future.
With the way things are looking, we might have a Surface Pro 4 with a Broadwell in the fall.
Pretty much.
Hey, Microsoft, it has LTE.SP3 competitor?
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/02/asus-transformer-book-t300-chi/
But it's probably using Y series processors without venting and unlikely to have a stylus.
... Give the Pro LTE. >:x
The official Surface Dock Port is 100mb and travels over the USB3 bus. Dumb.
I'll look at that nifty looking Wifi fix.
Edit: Also I should point out I'm trying to use this device as a IT/Network professional where having wired ethernet is a necessity, and sometimes even SERIAL is needed. That hurts, too.
Docking is a bit of a pain also because the default screen scaling is what, 125% I think? Dock it to a couple 27" monitors and your fonts and icons are all messed up and scaled incorrectly so you set the scaling to 100%. Ok, then undock - your Surface desktop is now super tiny with teensy text and super small icons. So reset the scaling again. Log off, log back on. Now Dock. BIG FONTS, reset scale, log off, log back on...
As a end-user device, it's very good but it isn't suiting my needs too well.
Well with the new SP3 the scaling should be the same since the resolution is similar right? They should implement some sort of profile for scaling though, doesn't sound too difficult.
I'll wait and see on SP3. I've bought a Pro 1 and 2 and an original RT so I believe in the platform, I'm just trying to find how to fit it into my life.
brotkasten
Member
Re/code: Surface Pro 3 sucks
http://recode.net/2014/06/04/microsoft-surface-pro-3-doesnt-stand-up-to-macbook-air/
http://recode.net/2014/06/04/microsoft-surface-pro-3-doesnt-stand-up-to-macbook-air/
There are trade-offs between the 11.6" MBA and the SP3. The MBA has a faster processor and more storage, but the SP3 has almost 3x the resolution, touch screen/pen input, and a bigger screen. If we're going to be real, though, most people buy the 13" MBA just as most people will buy the $999 SP3.
And this whole type cover thing is getting old. Yes, in the small world of journalism it's a HUGE issue. Why pay an extra $130 (!!) when you don't have to with a MBA? However, in the world most people do business in, your computer has to be running Windows no matter what kind of computer it is. I know, because every time I see a Mac in the corporate world, it's running Windows.
Why would you pay $140 extra for Windows and go through the trouble of installing it when the SP3 comes with that out of the box?! lol. Anyone can make an arbitrary argument for or against any product, but the Type Cover seems to be the easy target.
michaelius
Banned
LoL not even a single word about resolution which sux for 900$ ultrabook on Macbook Air
How does navigation and pointing work on these things for standard Windows apps when using the Surface Pro as a tablet?
Does the touch of your finger and/or the pen act the exact same way as a mouse click? And how is that as an experience?
Just curious how these are for standard Windows applications without using a mouse.
Does the touch of your finger and/or the pen act the exact same way as a mouse click? And how is that as an experience?
Just curious how these are for standard Windows applications without using a mouse.
Betta Lines
Member
You can configure it a bit, but the default pretty much works as you'd expect. Tapping will click, dragging will usually scroll. In areas where you can drag a selection box, it'll do that instead. A tap and hold will right-click.
It's fine, just awkward in the usual ways, small buttons designed to be clicked with a pointer can be difficult to hit consistently with a finger, and certainly at native scaling on the Pro 3, stuff will be tiny. It's just about doable on the Pro 2 at native scaling, but even that isn't ideal.
The thing your finger can't do is 'hover' the pointer over something if that is required - this is where the stylus is better as you can hover above the glass and move the pointer without clicking. It's still not quite as good as mouse for this purpose though, as you need to have a steady hand to keep your hover stationary in mid-air.
Tap for left click, press and hold for right click.
11.6" 16:9 display really isn't
Aspect ratio doesn't affect total surface area of a display.
Vertical height/pixels is more important than total surface area imo.
Whatever your preference, it skews the weight comparison, which depends on the size of the display.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
Still trying to figure out what I want to do. I'll have the money to get this but the question is do I want to spend that money to get it. I have a Windows computer that is beyond on its last legs. I have a 2012 Macbook that's still going strong but I still value having Windows for certain programs that are not on Macs and I value having two computers in general. I've always been interested in the Surface lineup.
That Transformer Book T300 Chi looks interesting too, though.
That Transformer Book T300 Chi looks interesting too, though.
Betta Lines
Member
I like it.
DataStream
Member
I think this thing is going to do really well with creatives. Everyone I know who has used one has nothing but glowing things to say about it.
Anton Sugar
Member
Dancing or GTFO
Finally, something that sells features rather than dumb dancing. Seriously considering this
a secret-boss
Banned
B-but how would I know if it HIP
The planets aligned and I get out of work at noon tomorrow, which means I can go look at one at my local mall with a MS store at an hour when it won't be mobbed. So yeah, I'll be by to post impressions.
Saw the Surface Pro 3 at the MS store today. Galleria in Houston.
Extremely impressed. Cemented my purchase.
So thin, comfortable weight, holding it was effortless. New pen worked very well and the new type cover was a huge improvement. The new track pad is pretty damn good and the magnet strip does help a lot. It literally improves on everything wrong with Surface 2. The new kickstand is miraculous.
i5 256GB + 8GB ram. So bought.
Extremely impressed. Cemented my purchase.
So thin, comfortable weight, holding it was effortless. New pen worked very well and the new type cover was a huge improvement. The new track pad is pretty damn good and the magnet strip does help a lot. It literally improves on everything wrong with Surface 2. The new kickstand is miraculous.
i5 256GB + 8GB ram. So bought.
I dig it.
I have the 128/4 preordered but I kinda want the extra space/ram. I wish the i7 was out.
Was gonna go for $999 too, but id rather just give in to the extra 4GBs of RAM rather than regret it later.